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  • A man on horseback consulting a fortune-teller or gipsy. Engraving.
  • A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.
  • Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.
  • A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.
  • A woman with her attendant visiting a fortune-teller. Etching.
  • A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.
  • A fortune-teller reading a gentleman's palm. Engraving by B. Audran after Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio, 1729.
  • Two women consulting a fortune-teller. Engraving by J. Romney after T. Stothard.
  • An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.
  • A woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller. Engraving after A.E. Chalon.
  • A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Reynolds, 1786.
  • A young woman dressed in white faints after hearing the predictions of a fortune-teller. Engraving by L.S. (?) L'Empereur after H. van Gorp, 1800/1810.
  • Two women having their palms read by fortune-teller, a man signalling from behind a tree. Etching.
  • An old fortune-teller is looking at a young woman's palm. Engraving, 1670/1700.
  • A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.
  • A widow with her maid Betty consults a fortune-teller in the hope that he will predict whether she will marry again, and how many times. Etching by I. Taylor, 1785, after R. Corbould.
  • The gipsy fortune-teller / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • A "spae wife" (fortune-teller). Engraving by J.A. Wright after T. Stothard.
  • A young couple visit a fortune teller to have their future predicted. Engraving by Charles Rolls after Alfred Johannot.
  • The gipsy fortune-teller / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Egyptian fortune-tellers outside a palace on the Nile. Etching by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas, 1798.
  • A young woman of humble origins, surrounded by children, is being told by a fortune teller that she will have a happy marriage. Lithograph by C. Constans after L. Boilly, 1824.
  • An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.
  • A lavishly dressed lady is having her fortune told by a woman with cards. Etching by West, 17--, after J.E. Schenau.
  • The gipsy fortune-teller / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • A fortune-teller is reading a young woman's hand; a servant is standing behind the young woman. Etching by A. Lalauze after F. Willems.
  • A lavishly dressed lady accompanied by her black servant is having her fortune told by a seated old man wearing a black cloak. Etching by C. Heath, 1830, after A.E. Chalon.
  • A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.
  • A woman consulting a fortune-teller by a stile. Engraving after Samuel J.E. Jones.